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Published 1/13/2009 by Domenico Montanaro at First Read

“Senate Democratic leaders said Monday that Roland W. Burris would be seated as the new senator from Illinois, resolving a conflict that had drawn the Senate into a corruption scandal surrounding Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich,” the New York Times writes. “After a review of a new letter from the Illinois secretary of state affirming Mr. Burris’s appointment, the two top Senate Democrats -- Harry Reid of Nevada and Richard J. Durbin of Illinois -- said his paperwork now complied with Senate rules.”...( read more ) (link)

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